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104Mocht Plato zien wat er van de universiteit geworden is, dan zou hij stomverbaasd en bezorgd zijnHttps://Www.Knack.Be/Nieuws/Belgie/Onderwijs/Mocht-Plato-Zien-Wat-Er-van-de-Universiteit-Geworden-is-Dan-Zou-Hij-Stomverbaasd-En-Bezorgd-Zijn/. 2024.Als Plato de hedendaagse academie zou aanschouwen, zou hij niet alleen stomverbaasd zijn over de massificatie en de byzantijnse bureaucratie, maar gezien het ethische doel van de universiteit zou hij ook reden hebben om bezorgd te zijn.
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4Verdinglichung. Eine anerkennungstheoretische Studie (Reification. A Recognition-Theoretic Study) (review)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (2): 237-242. 2006.
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19Is architecture relevant for political theory?European Journal of Political Theory 23 (1): 116-124. 2024.Is architecture relevant for political theory? That is the key question that structures this excellent collection Political Theory and Architecture, although a number of essays fit a broader formulated theme better, namely, concerning the political relevance of the organization and design of our built environment more generally, including architecture but also spatial planning and urban design. The collection demonstrates that our build environment is not merely a passive backdrop to a political…Read more
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20Is architecture relevant for political theory?European Journal of Political Theory 23 (1): 116-124. 2024.Is architecture relevant for political theory? That is the key question that structures this excellent collection Political Theory and Architecture, although a number of essays fit a broader formulated theme better, namely, concerning the political relevance of the organization and design of our built environment more generally, including architecture but also spatial planning and urban design. The collection demonstrates that our build environment is not merely a passive backdrop to a political…Read more
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14Urban civility or urban community? A false opposition in Richard Sennett’s conception of public ethosEuropean Journal of Social Theory 17 (1): 3-23. 2014.Richard Sennett can be interpreted as one of the more robust representatives of a current critique with regard to ethnic communities in urban areas, namely, that such ethnic enclaves are a proof of urban disintegration and failing citizenship. Firstly, I take issue with Sennett’s assumption that there is an inherent tension between in-group solidarity and the ability to deal with members of perceived out-groups. Secondly, instead of simply cutting citizens off from the wider public sphere and le…Read more
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1283Should the Homeless Be Forcibly Helped?Public Health Ethics 12 (1): 30-43. 2019.When are we morally obligated as a society to help the homeless, and is coercive interference justified when help is not asked for, even refused? To answer this question, we propose a comprehensive taxonomy of different types of homelessness and argue that different levels of autonomy allow for interventions with varying degrees of pressure to accept help. There are only two categories, however, where paternalism proper is allowed, be it heavily qualified. The first case is the homeless person w…Read more
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33Dealing with Urban Diversity: Promises and Challenges of City Life for Intercultural CitizenshipPolitical Theory 38 (5): 631-657. 2010.Intercultural citizenship seems to benefit from certain generic aspects of city life that carry a negative quality, such as “blasé attitude” or the typical “indifference” of city dwellers. The main part of this essay argues that this observation allows the formulation of a moral minimum—a threshold conception—of intercultural citizenship in the urban setting, namely, what I call side-by-side citizenship. A certain level of indifference makes possible personal freedom and a tolerant multicultural…Read more
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7Verdinglichung. Eine anerkennungstheoretische Studie (Reification. A Recognition-Theoretic Study) (review)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (2): 237-242. 2006.
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43Racist Variations of Bad Faith: A Critical Study of Lewis Gordon’s Phenomenology of RacismSocial Theory and Practice 34 (1): 49-69. 2008.
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Kan universeel respect zonder morele ontologie?: Strawson, attitude-racisme en spontane morele reactiesAlgemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 104 (4): 285-289. 2012.
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67To what extent is racism a magical transformation? An existential-phenomenological perspective on racism and anti-racismJournal of Social Philosophy 38 (2). 2007.
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Weerstanden tegen multiculturalisme - Waarom ontwikkelen mensen weerstand tegen andere bevolkingsgroepen? Een literatuurstudieFilosofie En Praktijk 19 128-147. 1998.
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20“A Dream, Dreamed by Reason … Hollow Like All Dreams”: French Existentialism and Its Critique of Abstract LiberalismHypatia 25 (3): 653-674. 2010.The recent claiming of Simone de Beauvoir's legacy by French feminists for a policy of assimilation of Muslim women to Western models of self and society reduces the complexity and richness of Beauvoir's views in inacceptable ways. This article explores to what extent a politics of difference that challenges the ideals and political strategies of abstract liberalism can be extracted from and legitimized by the philosophies of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. Without assuming their though…Read more
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16Racist Variations of Bad Faith: A Critical Study of Lewis Gordon’s Phenomenology of RacismSocial Theory and Practice 34 (1): 49-69. 2008.
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28Erkenning, identiteit en verschil. De morele logica achter multiculturalismeTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 63 (4): 751-784. 2001.The main argument of this paper is concerned with a formal recognition of difference, namely recognition of the value of a culture for the other. Axel Honneth makes a distinction between three types of recognition: love, respect and social esteem. Recognition of cultural difference is situated in the third sphere. There are two problems with his proposals. In the first place he constructs appreciation for cultural difference as a moral imperative in the form of 'solidarity'. When it comes to nor…Read more
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22Multiculturalisme, erkenning, onverschilligheidTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 62 (3): 573-585. 2000.
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133A formal recognition of social attachments: Expanding Axel Honneth's theory of recognitionInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 50 (2). 2007.Axel Honneth draws a distinction between three types of recognition: (1) love, (2) respect and (3) social esteem. In his The Struggle for Recognition, the recognition of cultural particularity is situated in the third sphere. It will here be argued that the logic of recognition of cultural identity also demands a non-evaluative recognition, namely a respect for difference. Difference-respect is formal because it is a recognition of the value of a particular culture not "for society" or "as such"…Read more
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1Doctor Seraphicus, Vier Studies over de H. BonaventuraTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 13 (1): 123-124. 1951.
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52Social attachments as conditions for the condition of the good life? A critique of will Kymlicka's moral monismPhilosophy and Social Criticism 32 (3): 401-428. 2006.The moral justification of Will Kymlicka's theory of minority rights is unconvincing. According to Kymlicka, cultural embeddedness is a necessary condition for personal autonomy (which is, in turn, the precondition for the good life) and for that reason liberals should be concerned about culture. I will criticize this instrumentalism of social attachments and the moral monism behind it. On the basis of a modification of Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, I will reject the false opposition bet…Read more
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Het verlangen naar cultuur: Nederland en het einde van het geloof in een moderne politiek (review)Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 101 (4): 290-291. 2009.
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Minima philosophica - Voor de laatste keer: de 'plasseks'-afficheFilosofie En Praktijk 18 109-109. 1997.
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45Verdinglichung. Eine anerkennungstheoretische studie (reification. A recognition-theoretic study)Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 9 (2): 237-242. 2006.
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2Recognition, identity and difference. The moral logic behind multiculturalismTijdschrift Voor Filosofie 63 (4): 751-784. 2001.
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Areas of Interest
Social and Political Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |